A not-so-secret Santa who claimed he was just trying to spread some holiday cheer after a "really tough year" was arrested on Black Friday for "making it snow" dollar bills on the heads of Mall of America shoppers.

Serge Vorobyov, 29, of Apple Valley, Minnesota, was filmed dropping $1,000 in singles from the mall's third floor as shoppers gathered bellow.

Vorobyov even timed his money drop with a choir's performance of "Let It Snow" for added effect.